Nearly 60 years ago, 100 homes were destroyed, as three different fires simultaneously burned through multiple Staten Island neighborhoods. On April 20, 1963, also known as Black Saturday, a total of three large brush fires began in Rossville, Tottenville, and Mariners Harbor. In their wake, the fires caused more than $2 million of property damage and left over 500 people homeless.
- PUB DATE: 4/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Staten Island Advance

According to Battalion Chief Tod Kreutz, KFD was notified of a fire at 465 N Arthur St. (Tanglewood Apartments) at 6:15 pm. The first Kennewick Fire units to arrive found smoke from a second floor apartment where they put out the fire quickly and did a primary search. Kreutz says within minutes, they located one victim in the fire room that was unconscious and had burns.
- PUB DATE: 4/25/2021 10:45:50 PM - SOURCE: KNDU-TV NBC 25 Richland

Emergency dispatchers are trained to operate six computers, four speakers, one headset and handle multiple callers all at once. Last year, Whitman County Regional Communications Center 911 answered over 92,000 service calls, 30,000 911 calls and 80,000 non-emergency calls. Whitcom celebrated its 25th anniversary during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
- PUB DATE: 4/25/2021 1:33:14 PM - SOURCE: Daily Evergreen

Members of Wilkes-Barre City (PA) Firefighters IAFF Local 104 were recently training with a new tiller ladder at the Washington Square Apartments high-rise, reports wnep.com.

The truck, which cost more than $1 million and was paid for with government grants, requires two drivers and has a ladder that ascends 107 feet.

Fire officials said that the aim of the training was to set the ladder, see how high it goes, and work on positioning.

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